Rowling moved to London in early December. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" was published on both sides of the Atlantic in August. This time it was not as obscure as when the first book was published. The sales of the Philosopher's Stone, which has doubled in the UK alone in just 4 months, are clearly starting to attract more and more people's attention.
"When the Writers Association sent a notice telling me that I won the National Book Award for Children's Fiction, I was completely shocked! I repeatedly asked myself if I had heard it wrong." Rowling said this in the previous conversation. Things are still unbelievable.
Anyway, she ended up leaving Edinburgh and moving to London with her daughter, which is why Angela and Kate were able to visit her the day after the premiere of Titanic, and of course, the same...
"Why didn't Xia Xia come together, Angela? I miss her so much." Rowling's 5-year-old daughter, Jessica, asked curiously while greeting Angela and Kate with a snack baked by her mother.
"I'm sorry, Jessie, Xia Xia's house has a guest, a guest from the United States, so I can't come to see you with us." The girl shrugged and spread her hands in a sad expression, which made the little guy giggled.
"Of course, if you want to see her, you can come to my grandfather's manor. Her American friend is my aunt-to-be's niece, so she will definitely go." Angela continued.
"Really? Can I really go?" The little guy blinked at the girl.
"Hey, isn't my invitation counted in front of my grandfather?" The girl's slightly exaggerated tone made her giggle again.
Rowling coughed softly at this time: "Jesse, dear, can you go back to your room? You can see in advance what Christmas gifts Angie and Kate have prepared for you."
"Are you going to say something that children can't listen to?" Jessica stuck out her tongue and nodded like a little adult, "Okay, then I won't bother you."
Following that, she waved to the two guests with a smile, and jumped out of the living room. The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the three people sitting on the sofa, whether it was Angela and Kate, or Rowling opposite them, were all slowly sipping the coffee in the cups in this slightly awkward silence.
"Okay, I think..." Rowling was the first to break the silence, but she just said two words and then closed her mouth. In any case, even if she asked them to explain before, she still felt that it was a problem for her to ask them so rashly. rude thing.
"Actually..." Kate, who hasn't spoken much since just now, took a deep breath and opened her mouth, but was interrupted by Angela's voice: "Yes, Joe, as you can see, we... are dating!"
The tone was calm but with unbearable affirmation, Kate looked at the girl in surprise, Angela smiled lightly, took her hand and clasped her fingers tightly in her arms, the meaning of which is self-evident! The emotion flowed into Kate's heart immediately, and she didn't care that Rowling immediately held Angela's face in front of her eyes and kissed her tender red lips deeply. The girl also ignored the already stunned magical mother, and responded more enthusiastically than before.
Facing the same-sex couple who used their actions to declare their rights, Rowling smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, ladies, it's in my house now, can you pay attention?"
"It should be us who said sorry." Angela, who had separated from Kate, took her lover's arm generously. "We can't help ourselves. If you feel rude, we apologize and leave immediately."
"Wait! Wait!" Rowling raised her hands, "First of all, I have no hostility to homosexuality, every phenomenon has a reason for its existence, and homosexuality has existed in Roman times or even earlier, doesn't it? ?"
"Really?" Kate was a little dubious, holding Angela's hand tighter. Although she always liked to play some exciting games with girls, she always protected girls with measure and care. Therefore, Angela was so moved when she confessed the relationship between the two in front of Rowling just now.
"Kate, I've met you more often than Angie, so you should know that I don't tell lies in front of my friends." Rowling said seriously, "I'm just surprised, very surprised, after all, Angela..."
"After all, my background is quite prominent, and I have a reputation as a genius, and I already have my own career at a young age. I am still a billionaire rich woman, right?" The girl smiled and shook her head, with a teasing expression. She, "But, do you think this has anything to do with love, Joe?"
Rowling smiled wryly: "Should... no... well, I admit, the fact that two of my friends suddenly became a same-sex couple one day... makes people wonder what to do, although I don't think homosexuality is wrong, but it's a bit It's incredible, you have to know that when you first met, you were still sisters."
Kate and Angela smiled at each other, shrugged their shoulders and didn't speak.
"It's hard to imagine how your fans would react if they knew," Rowling sighed.
"Actually I'm not worried about this," the girl shrugged. "The same-sex environment in the US is relatively loose, especially on the West Coast. It's really not a big deal to give up on my current career. I don't care about it, it's just... "
Speaking of which, there was a hint of worry on her beautiful face, and then looked at Kate: "I don't know how much pressure from the family will be, whether it is possible to turn anger on others."
"It does sound like that," Rowling shook her head. "It's a pity I can't give you any advice."
Kate didn't speak, just put the other hand on the clenched hands, and Angela gave her a reassuring smile, then looked at the magic mother: "I think, you definitely won't tell anyone, do you? "
"That's not necessarily true," Rowling deliberately pretended to be hesitant. "You know that with the explosiveness of this news, the tabloids will spend at least tens of thousands of pounds on it!"
Angela and Kate both rolled their eyes and shouted in unison, "Joe!"
"Okay, I'm kidding," Rowling laughed and raised her hand, "I promise I won't tell anyone, swear to God! I said I'm pro-gay, but I'd like to be in the book if it's appropriate. Bundle… "
Having said this, she suddenly covered her mouth: "No, I can't tell the answer before the end."
"You mean, a certain character is gay?" Kate suddenly became interested, "Who would it be?"
Rowling shook her head with a look of annoyance, no matter how much she asked her, she would not speak, but finally the girl held Kate: "Okay, since Joe said he would not reveal the answer, then don't ask, she will always write It's over, isn't it?"
"Okay," Kate was slightly disappointed, "it looks like it's going to be a long wait."
Angela smiled and shook her head, pointed at her and said to Rowling: "See, Joe, this is your loyal book lover, why don't you get a pen and sign her as a souvenir or something."
"Is that so? So, do you want to sign on your body, miss?" Rowling asked seriously.
"If you want, ma'am." Kate immediately stretched over Angela's arm and pointed to her cuff: "Please sign here."
The three of them finally burst out laughing, and the little bit of embarrassment before also disappeared in the laughter. Then, Rowling suddenly remembered something and stood up: "Wait for me, I have something to give to Angie."
She left the living room and came back a few minutes later with an extra book in her hand. Judging from the color and thickness of the book, it should be the British version of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets". Rowling said nothing. Handed the book to the girl.
Angela took it over and looked at the other person in confusion. Rowling just smiled, so she didn't ask to look down at the book, and after turning two pages, a line of writing appeared: "Dedicated to Angela, she is the most important to me. He helped me selflessly when I was in trouble.”
The girl understands some but doesn't understand. Of course she knows the meaning of this sentence. She saw it when she bought "The Chamber of Secrets". This line of comments is on every published book, just like Rowling in "The Secret Room". The title page of The Philosopher's Stone is dedicated to daughter Jessica and the child who became the first listener, but...
She suddenly felt a move in her heart, and after looking at it carefully, she realized that the handwriting was not printed, so it should be handwritten, and there was JK Rowling's signature in the lower right corner, so... Angela raised her head and looked at the other party , opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
"I don't have anything to give as a gift, so I can only write a few words." Rowling said apologetically.
"No no no," the girl shook her head again and again. "It's a sincere gift, thank you, Joe, thank you very much, I like it."
"I wanted to write it on the title page of the next book, but I don't know when it will be published without your help, so I wrote it in this book, and I plan to spend more time revising the third book." Rowling said.
"Really, so when will the third book be finished?"
"In these few days next year, I have to think about the outline carefully. You must know that I have found a lot of inspiration from you."
"That means you're going to write a lesbian?" Angela quipped.
"Sounds like a good idea," Rowling replied half-truth.
"Forget it," the girl pouted, "I don't want to be accused of interfering in the author's creation in the future!"
Speaking of which, she suddenly laughed: "However, I think the publisher may consider giving you a contract!"
"It should be very simple, right?" Kate interjected with a smile at this time. "At least it should be very simple in the United States, isn't it? Well, it seems that I can also consider publishing a book as an author!"
"That's great, I've been waiting for the WH Smith writing competition, and someone who is studying French and Russian literature in Cambridge will write something." Angela looked back at her lover with a smile, " Of course, it would have been better if it was a mess so I could laugh at her as much as I could."
"It's really sad, I finally see who you are, Angie, we're done!" Kate said in a mournful tone, causing the other two to laugh.
The afternoon passed in this pleasant atmosphere. After the sky began to darken, Angela and Kate said goodbye to Rowling and were about to leave. The three embraced and said goodbye at the door.
"Come on, I'll take you home." Kate said, adjusting the wig, hat and clothes the girl put back on. "Be careful, don't let people recognize you, this is in England."
Angela quietly looked at Kate who was arranging her clothes, and suddenly grabbed her hand, regardless of whether other eyes around her were paying attention, and pressed it on her chest.